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\section{Discussion}   \subsection{Biomass Pool Size}  The goal of this study was to evaluate how changes in resource stoichiometry  affected the biomass pool size, membership and structure of planktonic and  biofilm communities. Our results suggest that C subsidies increased bacterial 

necessarily of the biofilm communities.  \subsection{Biofilm and Plankton Alpha and Beta Diversity}   Beyond changes in the biomass pool size of each community we explored how  shifts in resource C:P affected a) the membership and structure of each  community, and b) the recruitment of plankton during biofilm community 

membership in the bacterioplankton and bacterial biofilm communities the same  merging of membership was not observed for the algal biofilm and plankton  communities which had distinct membership in all treatments.   % Fakesubsubsection:We propose two potential  We propose two potential mechanisms that could result in the increased  diversity of the biofilm communities relative to the planktonic communities.  First, it is possible that the planktonic community composition of our flow 

members of the algal and bacterioplanktonic community that were in very low  abundance in the planktonic habitat but readily became major constituents of  the biofilm community.  % Fakesubsubsection:Very few studies have  Very few studies have previously evaluated the relationship among membership  and/or diversity of the plankton and the biofilm community from complex  environmental microbial communities. One notable study looked at planktonic 

sample but would explain the relative differences between planktonic and  biofilm diversity found in \citet{22237539} compared to this study.  % Fakesubsubsection:In addition, for this  In addition, for this study, it is important to note that biofilm community  richness peaked at the intermediate treatment (C:P = 100) and appeared to  decrease over time although with only two time points it was unclear how 

and biofilm bacterial membership in the highest C treatment.   \subsection{Lifestyle (biofilm or planktonic) Enriched OTUs}  There are only a few studies that attempt to compare biofilm community  composition and the overlying planktonic community \citep{Besemer_2007,  22237539, Jackson_2001, Lyautey_2005}. Those studies illustrate community composition among the two habitats are unique with very few taxa found in both.  This is consistent with our findings in this experimental system with a natural  marine planktonic source community. In addition, our study also evaluated algal 

conditions \citep{Cho_2004, Connon_2002}.  \subsection{Conclusion}  In summary this study shows mechanistic links between large scale community  level dynamics and the underlying constituent populations that compose them. We  found that autotrophic pools and heterotrophic pools responded differently to